Manhunt (0)

Overview

Manhunt is a action- game released for , , and on November 18, 2003. The player controls the as he tries to in a filled with who want to kill him. The game received generally favorable reviews at launch and sold well. Because of the game's , it received heavy media attention and was linked to a murder case in the , although the found no of the game's involvement. The game is currently in several countries, including .

A 1080p version of the game with added trophy support was released on PS4 on March 22nd, 2016.

Gameplay

The gameplay is primarily stealth action. Throughout the game there are different objects, such as and , which can be used to execute gang members. There are three different "levels" of . Level 1 is quick and not very gory, with the gore and over the top nature of the executions going up with each level. While direct confrontation is possible, it is generally preferable to run and hide in , and wait until the Hunters tire and walk away. Later in the game are acquired, and the gameplay starts focusing less on stealth and more on shooting.

The game also has a grading system that gives the player a rank at the end of each mission. Only by playing the "hardcore" can a player obtain the hidden in the extras. You gain a by beating the level under and by doing the most gruesome killings you can. This amounts to pulling off as many red grade executions as you can and for the gun orientated missions; getting as many point-blank as possible with a . Playing on the "fetish" setting will enable you to earn up to 3 stars depending on your executions and playing on "hardcore" raises this limit to 4. By getting 5 stars on all missions the player will unlock every cheat code available. However, in order to keep the cheats the final mission must also be the last mission a player five stars', otherwise the data cannot be saved.

Plot

The game starts with a reporting on the inmate James Earl Cash who is about to be executed by lethal injection. However Cash is later awoken by an unknown voice who tells him the injection was only a sedative, and that Cash has to do as the voice says. The voice identifies himself as "The Director" and promises Cash his , if he slaughters the gang members, called Hunters, on the of . The Director directs Cash through an , and records the gruesome murders Cash commits through .

Levels

• Born Again
• Doorway into Hell
• Road to Ruin
• White Trash
• Fuelled by Hate
• Grounds for Assault
• Strapped for Ca$h
• View of Innocence
• Drunk Driving
• Graveyard Shift
• Mouth of Madness
• Doing Time
• Kill the Rabbit
• Divided They Fall
• Press Coverage
• Wrong Side of the Tracks
• Trained to Kill
• Border Patrol
• Key Personnel
• Deliverance

Snuff

The main theme of the game is a phenomenon called snuff films. The concept of snuff films are as follows: a person gets in front of a camera and gets , and/or for the sake of the video. This last part is important because footage of accidents or and such do not fall under the category snuff because these acts are not filmed for the purpose of entertainment. The enemies in the game are the victims to your executions, which make up the snuff films.

Even though a lot of people have heard of snuff films it has never been proven that bona fide snuff films actually exist. There have been several cases where people thought they were dealing with snuff, like with the movie series "Guinea Pig", but they all ended up being fake.

PC System Requirements

Minimum System Configuration

• Processor : 1 GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
• RAM : 192 MB
• GPU : 32 MB
• Hard Drive : 2300 MB
• Other : 32 MB video card with DirectX 8.1 compatible drivers

Recommended System Configuration

• Processor : Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP processor (or better) or equivalent
• RAM : 256 MB
• GPU : 32 MB
• Hard Drive : 2300 MB
• Other : Gamepad, DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card with hardware positional sound